{"id":147090,"date":"2025-11-17T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=147090"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:00:34","slug":"unorthodox-coaching-methods-and-mental-mastery-with-mark-robinson-chelsea-fc-%e2%9a%bd%f0%9f%a7%a0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=147090","title":{"rendered":"Unorthodox Coaching Methods and Mental Mastery with Mark Robinson (Chelsea FC) \u26bd\ud83e\udde0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9U4cvzYa5mU?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In this episode, we\u2019re joined by Mark Robinson, Ex-Head Coach of Chelsea\u2019s Development Squad and former AFC Wimbledon Manager. With years of experience developing young players and leading teams at the professional level with unorthodox methods, Mark shares powerful insights into the psychology of football \u2014 how mindset, belief, and mental resilience can significantly impact a player\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>We dive deep into how coaches can help players overcome mental blocks, perform under pressure, and build a mindset that fuels long-term development and consistency. \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfaf In this episode:<\/p>\n<p>Lessons from Mark\u2019s journey through AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Why wearing odd socks to highlight everyone&#8217;s weak foot helped his side!<\/p>\n<p>Why he sent an U18s team to play without a manager!<\/p>\n<p>Many other mindset tweaks that lead to big improvements<\/p>\n<p>Whether you coach grassroots players or professionals, this episode will give you a fresh perspective on the mental game &#8211; and how to bring out the best in your players. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Follow Mark on Twitter!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/mark6robinson?lang=en-GB<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Watch or listen to the full episode now on YouTube &#038; Spotify!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf2 Need help planning your coaching sessions? Download our App now! \u2013 Link in bio<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc8 Level up your coaching with our courses:<br \/>\nwww.playgreatsoccer.com<\/p>\n<p>#SoccerCoaching #FootballMindset #PlayerDevelopment #YouthSoccer #ChelseaFC #AFCWimbledon #CoachingTips #MentalToughness #GrassrootsSoccer #FootballCoaching<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9U4cvzYa5mU\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we\u2019re joined by Mark Robinson, Ex-Head Coach of Chelsea\u2019s Development Squad and former AFC Wimbledon Manager. With years of experience developing young players and leading teams at&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":147091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}